When The Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard reported today — and I'll get to the dubious nature of that report in a bit — that the Republican National Committee was considering right-wing radio hosts Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin as potential moderators for 2016, the news was viewed by many as implausible.

Mark Halperin scoops on the latest, developing drama around the presidential debates - this time a consensus move by Chicago and Boston to raise questions with the Commission on Presidential Debates about some comments made by CNN's Candy Crowley about how she sees her role at Tuesday's town hall-style forum at Hofstra.